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[Noir]

I was reminded today that We Are is like one of the best opening themes ever.

And now I want to watch an anime with a theme as incredibly good as that. Tell me some.



Like, that's my only requirement.

And don't suggest One Piece

[Inferno]

I was reminded today that We Are is like one of the best opening themes ever.

And now I want to watch an anime with a theme as incredibly good as that. Tell me some.



Like, that's my only requirement.

And don't suggest One Piece

I don't know if that's possible. :v

Believe it or not, bizarre as it sounds, it was actually the themesong that got me into the series, and then everything else kept me in. It's energetic and uplifting- actually makes you wanna get up and do shizz. I remember when I was first getting into the series back in '09 or so, almost everyday I would listen to the song on my MP3 player while riding the bus on the way to school to wake myself up and just not be gloomy throughout the day like I always was before.. ._.

Also, they recently remade the theme for the final episode of the first half:



;A; Luv it. It just screams "ADVENTURE!"

Edited by Inferno, 29 September 2011 - 11:17 AM.

[Sean]

Kaiketsu Zorori.

[-Mark-]

So, this week has had the two GinTama and SKET Dance crossover anime episodes. Having already read them (and loved them) in the manga, dear lordy I was excited for these ever since I heard they were going to be airing about a month ago. Despite the manga crossovers going in the order SKET Dance > GinTama, the anime decided to air them the other way around.

I must say, despite finding the SKET Dance half of the crossover in the manga, I felt the anime handled it rather clumsily and it ended up coming across as the less impressive of the parts. =/ They removed a lot of the best jokes for whatever reason, and added in a (quite frankly ridiculous, if still rather amusing) time-travel subplot in the second half of the episode. Bearing in mind SKET Dance is generally much more grounded in reality than GinTama is, to have Switch suddenly say "I ADDED A TIME-TRAVEL COMPONENT FOR THE LULZ" is just a bit... what? I doubt the episode is meant to be canon, but still.

That, and the GinTama cast were drawn wildly inconsistently in the SKET Dance episode, despite Shinohara (SKET Dance creator) having done a fairly good job of drawing them in the manga. Whereas the GinTama side added in things fairly successfully and built on the episode, the SKET Dance part just seemed to strip away or otherwise neuter a lot of the best parts.

That said, it was still great, just nowhere near as great as it could or should have been, had they just followed the manga chapter more closely. Like I said, it seems a shame since originally the SKET Dance chapter was the better half.

Oh, and also, yesterday's episode of Naruto Shippuden was one of those 'so hilariously bad that it's awesome' filler episodes. Shadow Clones revolt and mutiny. Blatant stereotype personalities for clones, including a blatant flamboyantly gay Naruto (pfft, like the real one isn't). Oh, and said flamboyantly gay Naruto clone weilding a chainsaw as a weapon to murder the real Naruto.

Spoiler

Shame it all turned out to be a dream.

The Naruto manga's continuing its recent trend of being relatively unimpressive but also inoffensive; it's nothing particularly riveting, but at the same time isn't bad. I'm hardly on the edge of my seat to see what happens in the next chapter at present, but at the same time I'm obviously still following it. It feels like it's just slipped back into the background a bit whilst I'm waiting for it to get genuinely exciting/ interesting again.

Got one episode of Digimon Xros Wars to go, then it's onto the second series starting on Sunday. I still can't believe that 1. this series got 54 episodes, the longest since the original, or 2. that it's getting a sequel, which again, hasn't been done since the original. It may not be the worst Digimon series out there (that honour would go to Digimon Frontier, in my opinion), but Xros Wars is certainly one of the lesser series, again, in my opinion. It's still perfectly watchable, just rarely anything more than that.

[Noel]

Got my copy of The Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi the other day, watched it *dead*, that was some random ass shit, I enjoyed the hell out of it. I just didn't like how it ended, because it ended. I got some laughs out of it, I have to admit the country voices from the dub threw me off for minute but then I started liking them, and they began to fit. Favorite episode was without a doubt episode 3, it was just awesome seeing all the easter eggs thrown in, Frieza and Unit 1 just floating in space lol. And Gurren was there too... it was a goblin and then it transformed and then was defeated and tehn took control of a woman and a ship, got drunk, puked and was beaten... yeah.


Fuckin' hot dogs for sale! FUCK YEAH!

Edited by Silencer226, 01 October 2011 - 02:38 AM.

[Ruby Havoc]

So I watched all of Angel Beats and well it's a very sad show. That's all I have to say really. Some characters were characterized pretty well and some weren't and the music and animation were very nice. Also the guy who was always talking in English needs his own show or something.

[Azure Yakuzu]

Oh, and also, yesterday's episode of Naruto Shippuden was one of those 'so hilariously bad that it's awesome' filler episodes. Shadow Clones revolt and mutiny. Blatant stereotype personalities for clones, including a blatant flamboyantly gay Naruto (pfft, like the real one isn't). Oh, and said flamboyantly gay Naruto clone weilding a chainsaw as a weapon to murder the real Naruto

This sound more interesting than anything going on in the Manga right now.



In other news, Fairy Tail is getting a 7-Year time skip...Which came completely out of nowhere, and it came after some serious shit went down.

[Noel]

In other news, Fairy Tail is getting a 7-Year time skip...Which came completely out of nowhere, and it came after some serious shit went down.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh?

This will either make or break the series for me, honestly...

Edited by Silencer226, 01 October 2011 - 05:43 PM.

[Azure Yakuzu]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh?

This will either make or break the series for me, honestly...

For me, it was unnecessary, I mean what was the point of it?


It depends on what the Time Skip means, for me honestly.


Also:

Spoiler

Half of the main cast, may or may not be dead, just sayin

[Noel]

For me, it was unnecessary, I mean what was the point of it?


It depends on what the Time Skip means, for me honestly.


Also:

Spoiler

Half of the main cast, may or may not be dead, just sayin

I think it's totally unnecessary..., I'm already so used to the current cast as they are now, an adult Natsu just seems... out of place, and oh god Wendy... I totally like Fairy Tail but this change is just... BLARGH!

Edited by Silencer226, 01 October 2011 - 06:02 PM.

[King Edward]

http://onepieceoffic...com/videos.aspx = Start of the New World Saga.

Well. I like the new Intro.

[y cant solkia crawl]

Has anyone seen Kore wa Zombie desu ka? it's the anime i got my avvy from.

[Melru]

In other news, Fairy Tail is getting a 7-year timeskip

Oh man, my reaction to that. "What the fuck, just what the fuck."

SOOOO random, I don't even know where to begin, lol. Completely out of the blue.

Oh I saw Puella Magi Madoka Magica in two days. Good stuff.

[Inferno]

>->
<-<

Sorry for coming off as a wun peece fag for the past few pages, but urm, just leaving this here...*places softly and runs off*



*single manly tear*
*runs off again*

Edit: was so excited that I couldn't help but translate it based off of Funi's translation in the simucast, though I took some liberties like how Funi does when translating songs, didn't want it to be a "direct" translation:

Spoiler

Oooooh~ Can't stand still- I can't stop
The break of day- hasn't come yet- An' I just can't waiiit~
One, Two, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

Now we raise our flag for the Break of Romance Dawn!
Get up from your sleep- lets all go make waves!
Jump an' start- if you wanna go to the crazy brand new world~
You know- all it takes- is your newfound toughness~!

Being brazen- is it a crime now?
We think Wanted- means Winner
An' freedom is the one and only rule- that we live by~

It's just not our way- to worry away~

Get One Piece- I'll be the first-
My ever dreaming heart will succeed- Oh you will see~
My life's been like a dream- don't wake me~

Can't stand still- I can't stop
The break of day- hasn't come yet- An' I just can't waiiit~
1, 2, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

All of you an' me...We have made it now- this far~
Our skills have carried us to- our wildest dreams an' now-
we won't leave anyone behind~~~

Keep movin' forward- that's been our objective
Since the day our dreams began
My bright future- that I see- it hasn't changed- not one bit~

Can't stand still- I can't stop
This sunny heart will never set- An' I just can't waiiit~

One, Two, Sunshine~
Feel that Sunshine~
One, Two, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

WE GO~!!

Edited by Inferno, 02 October 2011 - 07:50 AM.

[Sean]

That was pretty awesome

[turbojet]

So Adult Swim needs to change the Saturday midnight anime block up. I swear I tried to brace Bleach in order to watch Durarara, but after Ichigo's info dump and the moment the intro song hit, I was knocked.

I've become so adverse to Bleach that I can't stay up for expositions of it and the intro music.

Edited by turbojet, 02 October 2011 - 02:44 PM.

[Noel]

So Adult Swim needs to change the Saturday midnight anime block up. I swear I tried to brace Bleach in order to watch Durarara, but after Ichigo's info dump and the moment the intro song hit, I was knocked.

I've become so adverse to Bleach that I can't stay up for expositions of it and the intro music.

Hi I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, last time on Bleach Aizen came and we fought him, he died, and then came back to life, then 300 episodes later we fought again and the same thing happened, why are you still watching this? Yeah! I'm a Soul Raper Reaper, it's so cool! In this episode I talk to my sword again and fight and stuff, yeaheh!

Fuck Bleach.
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Stuff I recently watched/read:

Bloody Monday was good, though I only read the first volume, looks like it'll be interesting to follow so far. Mardock Scramble was... *sigh* censored, I hate censorship, though the scenes they edited out were actually pretty disturbing, but other than that enjoyable, especially the shoot out scene. Then we get to Soul Eater, I always laugh at the expression on their faces when they get Excalibur.
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Show you should check out but probably aren't:

Finally, anyone else been following Mawaru Penguindrum and it's sexy ending theme? I didn't know what to make of this show at first but I'm hooked, one of the best from the summer season... oh Summer where hast thou gone?

Edited by Silencer226, 03 October 2011 - 04:50 AM.

[Meep]

"Usoppu"?

[Ringo ~]

I sometimes feel like I'm the only one in the world who likes Bleach, despite how inherently flawed it is.

[Azure Yakuzu]

>->
<-<

Sorry for coming off as a wun peece fag for the past few pages, but urm, just leaving this here...*places softly and runs off*



*single manly tear*
*runs off again*

Edit: was so excited that I couldn't help but translate it based off of Funi's translation in the simucast, though I took some liberties like how Funi does when translating songs, didn't want it to be a "direct" translation:

Spoiler

Oooooh~ Can't stand still- I can't stop
The break of day- hasn't come yet- An' I just can't waiiit~
One, Two, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

Now we raise our flag for the Break of Romance Dawn!
Get up from your sleep- lets all go make waves!
Jump an' start- if you wanna go to the crazy brand new world~
You know- all it takes- is your newfound toughness~!

Being brazen- is it a crime now?
We think Wanted- means Winner
An' freedom is the one and only rule- that we live by~

It's just not our way- to worry away~

Get One Piece- I'll be the first-
My ever dreaming heart will succeed- Oh you will see~
My life's been like a dream- don't wake me~

Can't stand still- I can't stop
The break of day- hasn't come yet- An' I just can't waiiit~
1, 2, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

All of you an' me...We have made it now- this far~
Our skills have carried us to- our wildest dreams an' now-
we won't leave anyone behind~~~

Keep movin' forward- that's been our objective
Since the day our dreams began
My bright future- that I see- it hasn't changed- not one bit~

Can't stand still- I can't stop
This sunny heart will never set- An' I just can't waiiit~

One, Two, Sunshine~
Feel that Sunshine~
One, Two, Sunshine oh~ We Go~!

WE GO~!!

.....YES!!!!



Going further on the Fairy Tail news, the first episode of the Dub is out, I've got to say I love Todd Haberkorn's Natsu.